Researchhow financial markets and institutions influence the US and global economies. Createa 350- to 575-word summary to present your research. Choose4 financial markets or institutions. Briefly...

Stock Market - S&P 500
The Stock market is the market where the shares of publicly listed shares the traded. There is a market price for each share, the share price is traded in the market. It is easy for investors to trade in the stock market due to larger accessibility and ease of operations.
S&P 500 is one of the largest stock indices listed on the US stock exchange. It comprises 500 large companies, the index is based on capitalization weighted index where the top 10 large companies contribute 27.5% of the total market capitalization. Some of the big companies listed on S&P 500 are Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon, Alphabet, Tesla, JP Morgan Chase, etc. The index speciacializes in the stock market - equity index. It is one of the largest indexes because it represents the largest publicly traded companies of the world.
S&P 500 largely impacts the US economy and the entire world economy as it is treated as the benchmark index for the overall market across the world. It has one of the largest market cap with big stocks. It is considered as a good indicator of the US economy because 71% revenue comes from US companies and rest from the remaining world. Any incidence in the US economy directly impacts the index. Be it be elections, financial crisis, GDP contraction or expansion, all of this is captured and reflected by the index. Also, considering the size and power of the US economy over other economies of...